That would be SPECIAL!
just saying!
eyeuse2badub
sometime soon, we are to be "announced" as "no longer one of jehovah's witnesses".
well, that's what you get for testifying against "glorious ones.".
question is: will this kind of announcement be made the week of the co visit?.
That would be SPECIAL!
just saying!
eyeuse2badub
i was looking through a watchtower publication that i bought recently, and found this quote about children & armageddon:.
our theme "rearing children in divine favor" does not refer to the rearing of the children of armageddon survivors in that new world when all surrounding conditions and all forces in operation will be toward helping those who live to do righteousness.
no; but it refers to rearing children who are born now before the battle of armageddon.
As I ponder the book of Revelation now, I think that the writer was on some halucinogenic. Maybe it's just the wild beast in me.
just saying!
eyeuse2badub
but their views on blood are just plain weird!
meat has blood in it even if it's bled.
still eating meat means consuming blood.
All most all of the beliefs that went contrary to common sense and/or common customs. Pretty much all of them!
just saying!
eyeuse2badub
we received an email and are wondering if anyone can verify this little tidbit of news.
does anyone know if this is true or not?.
maybe any elder's on here?.
WTBTS/GB thinking on this is: Why risk supporting those who are willing to do our bidding for free? The soldiers will protect the generals, the generals don't protect the soldiers.
just saying
eyeuse2badub
i have been dropping comments to a few re some classic old beliefs and teachings etc... and when asked "where did you read that, or how come you are saying such and such?
" i have replied "well, you remember we have often been told to study and research our old 'theocratic history' and 'old gems' of material?....
now though i have been challenged to prove where this has been printed!.
Make sure you check with the elders as to which information in the "old publications" is okay to read. Otherwise you may have your eyes opened!
just saying
eyeuse2badub
today nothing feels right.
i feel like a bystander to all things.
as if im nowhere and have no forward progression.
Jon,
The witnesses are not your enemies. The WTBTS is the enemy. I still feel a bit lonely now that I have faded and only attend meeting once in a while. I was very depressed when I first woke up to ttatt. I had a very difficult war going on inside my head since I had been a jw all my 60+ years. I had beena pioneer, elder, PO, etc. But the constantly changing dogma and especially the df'ing policy finally got to me. I've been faded for about 2 years now but it took a toll on me. I'm fine now and content in the knowledge that I'm not being controlled by a bunch of self deluded, egomaniacs. Hang in there and it will be worth the journey.
just saying!
eyeuse2badub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8wmz3nvlek.
Poor Cameron will one day wake up and say "O sh**t, I could have been really helping those people instead of trying to "direct them to the organization"(tm).
just saying!
eyeuse2badub
do you have any weird hang ups that you think are related to your history?
public speaking i hate hate hate any form of public speaking.
job interviews, presentations (for job interviews or in the work environment), telephone interviews etc.
One of my hangups was, If it's too much fun or too enjoyable, it must not be approved by big J because I should be doing something theocratic instead of enjoying myself.
Just saying!
eyeuse2badub
if you went to the meeting yesterday, did you notice how utterly watchtarded it was??
it seemed to me that everyone in my kh has accepted the fact that they will die.
that's all they kept saying, even the wt conducting eldumb said, " we have to teach the next generation because we won't be here forever.." wth?!???
Hey! I loved paragraph 6 in last Sunday's WT. (quote)---"Consider what you understand now that you did not know 30 or 40 years ago."
LOL! I think that we all know now that what we believed 30 or 40 years ago was a load of BS. But---thank you WTBTS for reminding us that the fantasy BS you taught 30 or 40 years ago is completely different than what you teach today. Thank you for reminding us that we are now much older and wiser and not nearly as gullible as we once were.
just saying!
eyeuse2badub
in a private conversation with a c.o.
friend from north carolina, he told me yesterday that they just got a letter that all traveling overseers (do's & co's) age 70 & up are going to be laid off on 09/01/2014.
they will be asssigned to local congregations and further details are pending.. .
I'd venture to say that many are "fed up" with the WTBTS's constant 'end of the world' soooooon prattle. They been preaching it for 30-40 years as DO's and CO's. They have grown "old" believing and preaching about how they would "never get old in this system". Reality has cought up with many in the WTBTS and i don't doubt that many of the older DO's and CO's just don't believe it anymore and it probably show in their activity. They like their coffee breaks much more than going on Bible studies.
Just saying!
eyeuse2badub